I wasn't shocked at all.....it was what I was expecting....
From the people who said.....we aren't just Creed with a different singer.....sorry, but from what I hear, dudes, that IS what you are.
If I want to hear Creed.....I have three CDs I can listen to.
And yeah....there is something in the music that I thought was familiar to me, though I can't actually say what it is.
Its not necessarily bad, it just didn't do that much for me.....but after hearing fans whine about how the others in the band were held back and not allowed to reach their "full" potential...I was certainly expecting something different.